State Senate Leader to Challenge Dianne Feinstein for U.S. Senate
Democrat Kevin de Leon, leader of the California Senate, said Sunday he will challenge U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein in next year's election.
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Democrat Kevin de Leon, leader of the California Senate, said Sunday he will challenge U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein in next year's election.
The California Democrat said that there's "lots more to do," like fighting gun violence, combating climate change and boosting access to health care.
The NRA announcement followed comments from leading congressional Republicans including House Speaker Paul Ryan that Congress should take a look at the devices.
The Democratic leader of California's Senate is blasting Sen. Dianne Feinstein after the U.S. senator said President Donald Trump could improve as commander-in-chief.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein drew jeers and boos Tuesday night when she urged a sellout Commonwealth Club crowd at the Herbst Theater to show "patience" with President Trump rather than seek his impeachment.
Fear of a violent confrontation was simmering Wednesday ahead of a rally planned in San Francisco's Crissy Field in late August as local leaders called for reconsideration.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) demanded Thursday that Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner have his security clearance immediately revoked.
California's Dianne Feinstein turns 84 on Thursday and is showing signs she's headed for a re-election campaign, not a retirement party.
The Financial Choice Act passed the U.S. House of Representatives, with the support of all 14 Republican representatives from California.
U.S. Senators from California squeezed former FBI Director James Comey for information about Trump firing him amid Russian investigation.
Sen. Feinstein said publicly that the government paid $900,000 to break into the locked iPhone of a gunman in the San Bernardino shootings, although the figure is considered classified information.
There's a growing push among Congressional Democrats to sue President Donald Trump.
The construction of suicide barriers under the Golden Gate Bridge has officially begun.
Congressional leaders are slamming President Trump's 2018 budget blueprint that proposes large cuts to domestic programs.
Democratic senators are calling for an independent commission to investigate alleged Russian interference in the 2016 election.
U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein is leading the effort to squash a Native American tribe's mega-casino plans in Vallejo.
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, California Sen. Dianne Feinstein and three other Democratic senators are asking President Barack Obama to halt construction of the four-state Dakota Access pipeline until a full environmental review can be completed.
As the U.S. Women's National Team dominated the soccer field during its first day of Olympic competition in Brazil, two U.S. senators renewed calls for the team's right to equal pay at home.
U.S. Senate gun control filibuster, and proposed amendment, come in response to the Orlando mass shooting that left 49 dead and 53 wounded.
U.S. senators demand U.S. Soccer Federation pay Women's National Team players the same as their heavily-compensated male counterparts.
With hundreds of Zika virus cases already detected in the United States and American territories, Senate Democrats introduced emergency funding Monday after what they describe as significant push back from Republicans.
U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-California) is making enemies in Silicon Valley with a new anti-encryption bill.
California Senator Dianne Feinstein of San Francisco met Wednesday with US Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland, and said he's the right man for the time.
Newly-elected San Francisco Sheriff Vicki Hennessy was sworn in at San Francisco City Hall Friday morning as the city's 35th sheriff and the first woman to hold the office.
Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz and five-term Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein engaged in a heated exchange on the Senate floor on Wednesday over "sanctuary cities" that shield residents from federal immigration authorities.
